Two different methods have been employed to determine the plasma temperature in a laser-cluster fusion experiment on the Texas Petawatt laser. In the first, the temperature was derived from time-of-flight data of deuterium ions ejected from exploding D2 or CD4 clusters. In the second, the temperature was measured from the ratio of the rates of two different nuclear fusion reactions occurring in the plasma at the same time: D(d,He3)n and He3(d,p)He4. The temperatures determined by these two methods agree well, which indicates that (i) the ion energy distribution is not significantly distorted when ions travel in the disassembling plasma; (ii) the kinetic energy of deuterium ions, especially the "hottest part" responsible for nuclear fusion, is well described by a near-Maxwellian distribution. © 2013 American Physical Society.

Bang, W., Barbui, M., Bonasera, A., Dyer, G., Quevedo, H., Hagel, K., et al. (2013). Temperature measurements of fusion plasmas produced by Petawatt-laser- irradiated D2-He3 or CD4-He3 clustering gases. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 111(5) [10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.055002].

Temperature measurements of fusion plasmas produced by Petawatt-laser- irradiated D2-He3 or CD4-He3 clustering gases

Kimura S.
Membro del Collaboration Group
;
2013

Abstract

Two different methods have been employed to determine the plasma temperature in a laser-cluster fusion experiment on the Texas Petawatt laser. In the first, the temperature was derived from time-of-flight data of deuterium ions ejected from exploding D2 or CD4 clusters. In the second, the temperature was measured from the ratio of the rates of two different nuclear fusion reactions occurring in the plasma at the same time: D(d,He3)n and He3(d,p)He4. The temperatures determined by these two methods agree well, which indicates that (i) the ion energy distribution is not significantly distorted when ions travel in the disassembling plasma; (ii) the kinetic energy of deuterium ions, especially the "hottest part" responsible for nuclear fusion, is well described by a near-Maxwellian distribution. © 2013 American Physical Society.
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
plasma temperature; nuclear fusion reactions
English
2013
111
5
055002
none
Bang, W., Barbui, M., Bonasera, A., Dyer, G., Quevedo, H., Hagel, K., et al. (2013). Temperature measurements of fusion plasmas produced by Petawatt-laser- irradiated D2-He3 or CD4-He3 clustering gases. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 111(5) [10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.055002].
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